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NGC1654

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:45:48.4
Declination: -2:5:0
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, lbM, r? p of 2
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1654

17.5" (1/23/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad mild concentration.  Brighter of a pair with NGC 1657 4.6' E.  Located 10' WSW of mag 9.0 SAO 131483.

13" (11/29/86): faint, small, oval slightly elongated ~E-W.  NGC 1657 4.6' E not seen.